zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Requirements: zsh 4.3.17+.

How to install

Using packages

• Arch Linux: community/zsh-syntax-highlighting / AUR/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git
• Gentoo: mv overlay
• Mac OS X / Homebrew: brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting

In your ~/.zshrc

• Clone this repository:

    git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
  

  (or download a snapshot)

• Source the script at the end of ~/.zshrc:

    source /path/to/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
  

• Source ~/.zshrc to take changes into account:

    source ~/.zshrc
  

With oh-my-zsh

• Download the script or clone this repository in oh-my-zsh plugins directory:

    cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
    git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
  

• Activate the plugin in ~/.zshrc (in last position):

    plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)
  

• Source ~/.zshrc to take changes into account:

    source ~/.zshrc
  

FAQ

Why must zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh be sourced at the end of the .zshrc file?

zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh wraps ZLE widgets. It must be sourced after all custom widgets have been created (i.e., after all zle -N calls).

How to tweak

Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts, see the highlighters directory for documentation and configuration settings.